Advice Needed - Panda Corys in a 10G?

Hello everyone!

Can panda cories be housed in a 10G?

I have been talking to some folks about this on my other thread, but I wanted to start a new thread addressing this question specifically—just in case someone else is wondering the same thing.

I currently have 3 panda Corydoras in a 31G tank with some cherry barbs and a blue gourami. Short story: blue gourami is mean to the pandas. I want to get more pandas so I have a larger group, but I don’t want to add them to the gourami tank; however I have a spare 10G.

• Is it ok to move my current pandas into the 10G? What would be the concerns?
• Could I have a group of 5 pandas in a 10G?
• Why on the panda corydoras fish profile page does us say 30G? What is the reason for that?
• Is it better to move the corys into the small tank, or leave them to be stressed by the gourami. (Will they be stressed from being chased around?)

I’m just trying to understand all this and have some happy fish thanks

 

Move the gourami

Truth be told, I have never seen my Pandas shoal. If they must be moved I would not add any. Not in a 10g. I had four green/bronze Corys I moved out of a 10. Way too active. But they hang out with each other anyway.

 

Move the gourami

Truth be told, I have never seen my Pandas shoal. If they must be moved I would not add any. Not in a 10g. I had four green/bronze Corys I moved out of a 10. Way too active. But they hang out with each other anyway.

I agree with most of this. Cories do best in groups of their own kind with 6 or more

 

Move the gourami

Truth be told, I have never seen my Pandas shoal. If they must be moved I would not add any. Not in a 10g. I had four green/bronze Corys I moved out of a 10. Way too active. But they hang out with each other anyway.

I actually thought about moving the gourami. He’s the problem child, lol. Maybe I’ll move my wild crayfish into a large bin-tote, and move the gourami into his 20 gallon...I just have too many tanks in my room haha

I agree with most of this. Cories do best in groups of their own kind with 6 or more

Ok! That’s what I’ve been reading, too. Maybe I have to move the gourami after all so I can have more corys. Or...if I can get my 20G free, how many corys could go in that?

 

I actually thought about moving the gourami. He’s the problem child, lol. Maybe I’ll move my wild crayfish into a large bin-tote, and move the gourami into his 20 gallon...I just have too many tanks in my room haha

Hi, Is this a Trichopodus Trichopterus?

I had a similar issue with mine when he was kept without a social group of his own and in a relatively small tank(I think mine was 28 gallons).
Gourami are social fish and do better when they have a group of their own to act out this kind of behaviour.

 

No, I have Trichogaster Trichopterus. AKA three-spot gourami, blue gourami, or opaline (I think) gourami. I didn’t think they were social—but I could be wrong...

EDIT
Sorry, I meant yes!!! Could someone please fix thename under the species image on this website. It does not match the scientific name in the article. Maybe I just can’t read. I’m so confused now.

 

Cories do best in groups of their own kind with 6 or more

I have read that.

IMO the "minimum number for your fish to be happy" statement is one of the main reasons there are over stocked tanks. It has everyone thinking in groups of six or more.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people don't want to make one or two trips to the fish shop and call it done for a smaller tank.

But I find myself giving consideration to the magic number a lot when stocking my own tanks. If he would have said three rummynose tetras I most definitely would have said you need more

 

I have read that.

IMO the "minimum number for your fish to be happy" statement is one of the main reasons there are over stocked tanks. It has everyone thinking in groups of six or more.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people don't want to make one or two trips to the fish shop and call it done for a smaller tank.

But I find myself giving consideration to the magic number a lot when stocking my own tanks. If he would have said three rummynose tetras I most definitely would have said you need more

If I absolutely had to...do you think I could keep three pandas in a 10G? I’m just weighing my options here.

 

Well... considering you probably bought them from a 20gal tank that held two dozen more... maybe... LOL.

Beats me. How much glass surfing do they like to do? How much stuff would you have for them to pick over? Only you would know.

I tend to push the limits for stocking in some tanks. But I do water changes like letting my dogs out. Just part of life.
But from the sounds of it they'll like it a lot more than being picked on. See how they do and add more if you think they need it.

Stocking fish for the average aquarist is a very subjective matter.

 

Well... considering you probably bought them from a 20gal tank that held two dozen more... maybe... LOL.

Beats me. How much glass surfing do they like to do? How much stuff would you have for them to pick over? Only you would know.

I tend to push the limits for stocking in some tanks. But I do water changes like letting my dogs out. Just part of life.
But from the sounds of it they'll like it a lot more than being picked on. See how they do and add more if you think they need it.

Stocking fish for the average aquarist is a very subjective matter.

Thanks for the thoughts, yo! Feels like I’m going crazy trying to find the “correct” information. I have to remind myself it’s really subjective.


Ok, this convo has been helpful.

I think 10 is too small for my pandas, but I’ll do it if my other idea doesn’t pan(da) out.

I’m gonna move the gourami into a 20L, because he’s a big mean jerk lol and he needs his own space. I’ll give him a tank all to himself, and if he’s not happy about that, it’s confirmed he’s a snob fish.

I’ll move my crayfish into something else until I have money to buy a tank (or find a used one).

Then I can continue adding to my 31G community tank without Mr. Gourami messing things up.

Now we’re all happy

 

I have read that.

IMO the "minimum number for your fish to be happy" statement is one of the main reasons there are over stocked tanks. It has everyone thinking in groups of six or more.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people don't want to make one or two trips to the fish shop and call it done for a smaller tank.

But I find myself giving consideration to the magic number a lot when stocking my own tanks. If he would have said three rummynose tetras I most definitely would have said you need more

Interesting point of view but isn't it the other way around. People tend to limit the amount of fish cause they want the fish / shoal they in fact can't house in a proper way.

Single fish "cause they are too agressive" in fact means : they have no space enough to show their natural behaviour and get frustrated.
Keeping shoaling fish in small numbers "cause they are "happy" in small numbers means : I don't exactly know how they live in nature and how their natural/social behaviour in a natural shoal / group is entirely different from what they expose in a small.group.
10 Pandas act.COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than 3.